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More than 8 million people have been ordered to evacuate from southern and western Japan up ahead of a powerful typhoon that made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture in the southern part of the country at 7 p.m. local time Sunday.
Weather experts predict Typhoon Nanmadol could be one of the most destructive tropical storms to strike Japan in recent decades, bringing damaging winds and flooding across most of the country.
The storm’s forecast track passes over much of Honshu, Japan’s main island, meaning major cities including Kyoto and Tokyo will feel its effects. The storm is projected to gradually weaken as it sweeps northeastward and will exit over the Pacific on Tuesday.